This year was about looking good; next year will be about looking good beneath the surface. If one underlying principle …
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Places & Spaces: Hidden Hotel, Paris
A discreet eco-luxe hideout in the city of love – ideal for a clandestine romance with a French lover. One normall…
2011 In Review: The New Antiquarian
The new antiquarian tends to live in a world of mystical, sometimes macabre, always evocative objects from times long pa…
Coming in 2012: Urban Gardener Series with Mike Lieberman
City girl, fear not: urban gardening is easy, simple, and fire-escape-proof. What’s new in the EcoSalon Community?…
heARTbeat: Azuma Makoto Experiments With Botanical Sculpture
ColumnAzuma Makoto translates the traditional art of Ikebana into a more contemporary form of sculpture. “I said to myse…
Rizzoli’s Finest Coffee (Table Books)
Your search for the ultimate coffee table book is over. Coffee table books are generally oversized pictorials about subj…
Decanters That Make Us Want to Drink
The decanter and carafe are having their design moment. Decanters and carafes have been enjoying their moment of late, a…
The 10 Stories That Defined Shelter in 2011
A look back at what made Shelter feel like home this year. Shelter is a section where we deal with varied topics like in…